DS is 5. He is the kind of kid who seems to like workbooks/worksheets and has a fairly short attention span (normal 5 yr old length lol). He is bright and very interested in learning. He also went to preschool last year. I'm going to focus on phonics/reading and math...with some science, history, art & music for fun (and those would not be every day). I'd like to find some programs that are: --well planned and laid out so I don't have to do a lot of teaching prep (have 5 kids at home---3 in school, this DS and a 2 yr old trouble maker :001_smile:) --shorter lessons that are workbook based (I think this would be best but am open to other suggestions) but would like to try some manipulative use since he may like that (but don't want the entire program to rely on manipulatives in case he finds them annoying). Here are some that I've been looking at: --MATH: singapore earlybird, mcruffy, mcp, math u see, right start, saxon. Leaning towards starting with singapore and maybe adding another to cover all sides. Want him to really have strong math foundation --PHONICS: explode the code, mcruffy phonics k (maybe alphaphonics or phonics pathways but worry about them being boring. Was looking at sing, spell, read & write but the lessons look long and I may lose his attention---songs may get tedious etc) --LITERATURE/READ ALOUDS: Five in a row, moving beyond the page, sonlight --SCIENCE (mainly just for fun): singapore, mcruffy, sonlight --HISTORY: probably just getting library books that interest him So, any advice, thoughts, opinions? Even though he is young, I do want some kind of curriculum, even if we take it at our own speed. I can't just wing it and feel comfortable (I need a plan lol) thanks!!!